Plug valve



Dec. 12, 1939. s N RDSTROM 2,182,930

PLUG VALVE Original Filed Jan. 23, 1936 INVENTOR. JvezvJ/Varuiskam ATTORNEY.

Patented Dec.12,1939 2,182,930

UNITED STATES PATEN'ZQ FI PLUG VALVE Sven J. Nordstrom, Piedmont, Calm, to Merco Nordstrom Valve Company, Pittsburgh, Pa., a corporation of Delaware Application January 23, 1936, Serial No. 60,468 Renewed January 5, 1939 Claims. (Cl. 251-112) This invention relates to plug valves, and parand easing may be lubricated and sealed by ticularly'to tapered plug valves in which a talubricant. pered plug having a port therethrough is main- The invention will be explained in further de-- tained seated in a conical seat. This invention tail in connection with. the accompanying draw,- 6 is an improvement on the construction shown in ing wherein: I U. S. Patent No. Re. 17,724, issued July 8, 1930. Figure 1 is a vertical section showing the pre- It is an object of the present invention to proferred embodiment of the invention; vide a plug valve in which the plug is resiliently Figure 2 is a plan view of Figure 1; and

held in its seat, and wherein the seating pres- Figure 3 is a horizontal section taken on line sure on the. plug is increased when the valve is HI-III of Figu e 1. 9 turned to closed position and decreased or re- Referring to the drawing, the invention com- 4 lieved when the valve is turned to open position. prises a valve body I having a passageway 2 A further object of the invention is to provide therethrough for flow of fl i nd a tapered bore a valvein which the plug is maintained resil- 3 formed transversely of t e p g w y- A iently seated at all times whether in open or tapered P g 4 having a redu ed Portion p closed position, the seating pressure being ining an integral stem 5 is seated in the bore 3, creased as the valve is turned to closed position and has a port 6 adapted to register with the pasand decreased when the valve is turned to open sageway 2 in open position of the valve. A cover. position. 1 is bolted or otherwise secured to the casing l A further object is the provision of aplug valve 80 as to p ly form a P Of the 20 of the character described which is simple in and has a bore 8 therein throu h whi h 11- construction and inexpensive to manufacture, e ds t e va ve Stem 5 a d a u ter r d can be easily adjusted and will not become easily a suitable gasket l0 may be provided between disarranged. the cover and casing to prevent escape of fluid In accordance with the present invention, I therebetween. The valve stem 5 is threaded at provide a plug valve wherein a packing gland is H for some distance adjacent its base or juncthreaded either to the stem or casing and ture wi he tapered P Of e p an maintained against rotation by the other of internal y t e Packing gland is threaded them. The cover or bonnet of the valv is r thereon and is adapted to be received in the suitmovable and ha a, packing chamb r t r iv able recess 9 provided in the valve cover 1. In packing to prevent leakage around the stem, the em Position the packing gland is e packing, preferably being superposed o th in nonrotatable relation with the cover by means threaded gland so that the compression of the Of a dowel l4 inserted in complementary l packing resiliently urges the plug into its seat. round bores l5 and in the packing gl nd 5 The arrangement of threads on the gland and v A metal Packing as I1 is Seated on stem or casing is such that when the plug is the top Surface of Packing gla d in close turned to closed position the threads move the Proximity to the Valve stem Wand; a resilient gland against the packing and increase the seatpa of rubber, asbestos pac ing or other ing thrust on the plug, and when the valve is Suitable material 15 superposed on the pack ng 40 t d t open position the packing gland i washer I! in the recess 9 of the cover. 40

drawn away from the packing thus relieving the The lubrieating System for the valve is seating thrust on the plug. suitable stops are stantially like that described and claimed in provided to limit rotation. of the valve plug to Patent No. 1,781,821 issued to me on November 18 1930 and therefore will not be described in one quarter turn. However, the stops preferably 5 are on a wrench Se rate from the valve which detail. This system comprises an internally threaded lubricant reservoir 20 in the stem cooperates mth fixed Stop on the valve bonnet adapted to receive a threaded screw 2| for comor cas ng so that before the valve 1s installed for pressing the lubricant, and lubricant is for d by eperatlen h Valve plug may be rotated the screw 2| into the grooves designated genficient number of. turns to adjust the seating erany by the numeral 12 in t plug d valve pressureon the plug as desired so as to prevent seating urface d int jacking ohamber 23 at leakage through the valve in closed position. A th tt of t p for sealing and lubricatlubricant-system for thevalve is provided whereing the valv and seating surfaces, and jacking by the plug may be jacked from its seat bylubri the plug from its seat to release it for turning.

cant pressure, and the seating surface 0; the plug The outer end of the stem 5 is formed nouclrcular to receive an operating wrench 24 whereby the valve may be turned. The cover I has four stops 25, 26, 21 and 28 arranged to cooperate witha stop 29 on the wrench 24 whereby rotation of the plug is limited to substantially 90 for opening and closing same.

The assembly and operation of the invention now will be described.

The packing I8 is inserted in the chamber 9 of the cover, and the washer I1 is then placed on the packing. The packing gland I3 is then placed on the ring I1, and the dowel I4 is inserted in the bore l5, I6 formed in the packing gland and cover to hold the packing gland against rotation. The stem 5 of the plug is then inserted through the packing gland, washer, packing and hole 8 and is threaded into the packing gland as far as it will easily go. The assembly of the cover and plug is then inverted and the plug is inserted in the bore 3 and the cover bolted in place to the casing. The plug 4 may or may not be properly resting on its seat at this stage of the assembly operation. This can be determined readily by rotating the valve with the wrench in inverted position. If the plug is off its seat it may be turned by the wrench in inverted position a suflicient number of times so that the engagement of the threads II on the packing gland l3 and stem 5 advance the plug into its seat. A suitable quantity of lubricant then can be forced through the grooves of the plug and jacking chamber by screw 2| to insure proper lubrication and sealing of the valve. The valve is then tested for leakage, and if leakage occurs when the valve is properly lubricated the plug is rotated further into its seat until when the plug is in closed position no leakage occurs.

In operation the valve plug is turned to open position in counterclockwise direction as seen in Figure 2. It will be observed that the reaction or the threads II on the plug stem and packing gland l3 tends to relieve the pressure of the plug on its seat and thus makes the valve turn easier in opening position. When the valve is to be closed the threads ll advance the plug into its seat against the reaction of the packing gland and more or less wedge the plug into its seat to provide a complete seal against the leakage of fluid, which is further insured by the lubricant system in the plug surface. The packing i 8 at the top of the plug prevents leakage of line fluid or lubricant to the exterior, and resiliently maintains the plug on its seat so that it can be jacked by lubricant pressure in chamber 23 to release it for turning at any time.

As the invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departure from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof, the present prefered embodiment is therefore to be considered as illustrative rather than restrictive of the invention.

What is claimed and desired to be secured by United States Letters Patent is:

1. In avalve, a casing having a passageway therethrough for flow of fluid and a valve seat therein disposed transversely of the passageway, a valve plug located in said seat and having a port therethrough adapted to be placed in register with the passageway, a cover for the seat forming part of the casing, an operating stem on said plug threaded adjacent said plug and extending through said cover, a packing gland threaded on said stem, said cover having a recess around the stem for slidably and non-rotatively receiving said gland, packing in said recess between and bearing on said gland and cover to resiliently urge the plug into its seat and yieldingly limit movement of said gland toward said packing, said gland being movable for a substantial distance along said stem as said stem is turned during assembly and adjustment to determine the force with which said plug is urged toward its seat, fixed stop means on said casing, and an operating member on said stem distinct from said gland having stop means cooperating with said fixed stop means to limit rotation of said plug to substantially a quarter of a turn after the valve has been assembled and adjusted and to prevent said gland from coming in contact with said plug.

2. In a valve, a casing having a passageway therethrough for flow of fluid and a valve seat therein, a valve member in said casing co-operating with said seat and rotatable during normal opening and closing operations of the valve through a predetermined angle, a cover for the casing, a threaded operating stem for said valve member extending through said cover and surrounded by a recess in the cover, a packing gland threaded on said stem and slidably and non-rotatively held in said recess, and compressible packing in said recess between said gland and said cover, said gland being freely slidable for adjustment along said recess by rotation of said stem over a range which lies outside the range in which the gland moves during normal valve opening and closing operations and said stem b'eing rotatable through more than said predetermined angle to-move said gland to adjust the compression of the packing and vary the seating pressure of the valve.

3. In a valve assembly, a casing having a passageway therethrough for the flow of fluid and a valve seat therein, a valve member in said casing cooperating with said seat and rotatable during normal opening and closing operations of the valve through an angle of substantially ninety degrees, a cover for the casing, an operating stem for said valve member extending through said cover and surrounded by a recess in the cover, packing means in said recess surrounding said stem, and means for adjusting the compression of the packing by rotation of said stem to determine the seating pressure of said valve, said stem being rotatable through more than ninety degrees to effect said adjustment.

4. In a valve, a casing having a passageway therethrough for the flow of fluid and a valve seat therein, a valve member in said casing cooperating with said seat and rotatable during normal opening and closing operations of the valve through an angle of substantially ninety degrees, a cover for said casing, an operating stem extending through said cover and surrounded by a recess in said cover, a packing gland surrounding said stem and freely slidable and non-rotatably disposed in said recess and means interconnecting the stem and gland for adjusting the compression of the packing upon rotation of said stem, said stem being rotatable through more than ninety degrees to effect said adjustment to thereby determine the seating pressure of the valve.

5. In a valve; a casing having a passage there through for the flow of fluid and a valve seat therein disposed transversely of the passageway; a valve plug located in said seat and having a port therethrough adapted to register with the passageway, said plug being rotatable through an angle of substantially ninety degrees during normal opening and closing operations of the cooperating longitudinal surface grooves-at adjacent surfaces of said gland and 'cover and a pin within said grooves, said gland being capable of unrestricted longitudinal movement along said stem when said stem is turned through an angle of more than ninety degrees during adjustment of the seating pressure of the valve. v

SVEN J. NORDSTROM. 

